Ana de Armas: My nudity is going viral. There is nothing I can do to stop it!

recent conversations about kim kardashian sex tape raised some interesting points about the nature of privacy and consent in the age of social media.

Kim’s collaboration with Ray J helped make her famous, and the career she embarked on in the years that followed made her a millionaire.

But there were times when Kim was brought to tears by a brutal attempt to humiliate her over the footage.

Now, ahead of the release of the long-awaited Marilyn Monroe biopic blondeAna de Armas finds herself in a situation similar in some ways but very different in others.

Of course, de Armas is already famous, and starring in an acclaimed director’s film adapted from a modern literary classic isn’t quite the same as releasing a sex tape.

But I put myself out there, knowing that Ana’s situation is similar to Kim’s, meaning it’s likely to be degraded and objectified by some of the internet’s most nasty trolls. increase.

The actress spoke of its unfortunate inevitability new interview When variety.

On the topic of nude scenes from movies being circulated on social media without context, De Armas said, “I know what goes viral.

“And it’s disgusting. Just the thought of it excites me. I can’t control it. I can’t really control what they do or how they take things out of context,” she added. I got

I don’t think I gave it a second thought. Thinking about the future of those clips just gave me bad taste.

blonde It won’t premiere on Netflix until September 28th, but based on the early reaction from the festival and what we know about the Joyce Carol Oates novel that the film was adapted from, it’s likely to have sexual content. contains graphic depictions of the abuse Monroe has endured at the hands of the men in her life.

Ana says the scenes were difficult to shoot, but she said she wanted to honor the film’s subject matter and director Andrew Dominic’s vision.

“I did something in this movie that I could never do for anyone else. I did it for her, and I did it for Andrew,” de Armas said. rice field.

“I couldn’t shake it off. Talked about connections.

Blonde receives an NC-17 rating for its graphic depiction of sexual violence.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film has already proven to be quite divisive in its early showings.

One thing all critics seem to agree on, however, is that de Armas delivers a strong performance.

Sadly, Ana is probably correct in her guess that racy scenes and stills traverse the social media world.

But hopefully, the film will also succeed in its goal of sparking a conversation about Hollywood’s long history of objectifying and abusing female stars.